§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Macclesfield of 2 March, Official Report, c. 80, he will list those police force areas for 288W which information relating to personal assault, burglary and criminal damage and persons of West Indian or African appearance is collected centrally.
§ Mr. MayhewNumbers of serious offences of violence against the person, burglary and criminal damage recorded by the police are collected centrally from all 43 police forces in England and Wales. Information on the arrests for such offences is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the figures for personal assualt, burglary and vandalism in each year from 1977 onwards (a) in the Metropolitan Police area and (b) in each police district of the Metropolitan Police area and the figures relating to persons of Asian appearances arrested for such offences expressed in total figures and as a percentage of the whole.
§ Mr. MayhewThe detailed information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.